# Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987, Paragraph 25


(1) Subject to paragraphs 26 to 29 below, there shall be chargeable against the debtor any expenses incurred—
(a) in serving a notice under paragraph 3 above before entering a dwellinghouse for the purpose of executing a poinding;
(b) in executing a poinding under paragraph 5 above;
(c) in granting a receipt under sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 6 above for payment for redemption under sub-paragraph (4) thereof;
(d) in granting a receipt under paragraph 15(3) above for payment for the redemption of any poinded article;
(e) in making intimation, sending particulars of the arrangements for the sale to the sheriff clerk and giving public notice under paragraph 16 above;
(f) in removing any poinded articles for sale;
(g) in making arrangements for and conducting a sale;
(h) where the arrangements for a sale have been cancelled under paragraph 17(4) above, in returning poinded articles to any premises from which they have been removed for sale;
(j) in making a report of sale under paragraph 20 above;
(k) in granting a receipt under paragraph 22(4) above for payment for the release from a poinding of any article which is owned in common;
(l) in opening shut and lockfast places in the execution of the diligence;
(m) by a solicitor in instructing a sheriff officer to take any of the steps specified in this sub-paragraph.
(2) The Lord Advocate may by regulations add to, delete or vary any of the steps specified in sub-paragraph (1) above.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/18/schedule/5/paragraph/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-scotland-act-1987/schedule-5/paragraph-25
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